Q: I know my car intimately. We’re on a first-name basis, and I am quite familiar with what is working correctly and what is out of whack. So when I took my Ford Fusion to the dealer, telling him that ...

Rain-sensing wipers create deadly visibility gaps in heavy downpours by prioritizing convenience over safety, failing to clear oil-water film fast enough.

If you've ever driven a car with vacuum windshield wipers in the rain, you'll recognize this scenario. As you encounter an incline the wipers slow down, as the incline becomes steeper you step down on ...

Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers who won multimillion-dollar judgments against Ford and Chrysler for using his idea, has died, aged 77, at his home in suburban Baltimore, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection documents the inventive career of physicist and engineer Robert W. Kearns. Kearns invented and patented in 1967 the windshield ...

Here are some of the alternate windshield cleaning methods people employed pre-wipers: Removing the windshield entirely, stopping the vehicle and wiping off the glass before continuing for another 40 ...

DETROIT (AP) -- Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, who won multimillion-dollar judgments against Ford and Chrysler for using his idea, has died. He was 77. Kearns died of ...